Example Sentences

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I have ruminated on that question a lot over the past few months.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

A few general managers have ruminated on the potential for a Kareem Hunt deal.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

For years, Obama’s speeches and Springsteen’s songs have ruminated on the meaning of America, in lofty language that tips into hokum.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2021

I have ruminated often about why this is.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2019

I never thought of one a minute before, and I have ruminated upon yours an hour.

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth